Swachhata Utsav Begins In The State

To give momentum to the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), a flag ship programme under the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India in order to achieve the objectives of making rural India open defecation free with a clean and hygiene environment; the ministry launched ‘Swachhata Utsav’, a national-level campaign from 2nd October to 4th November in all the States of the Country.

The State Government also launched the campaign wherein the district collectors would be the overall in-charge of the event. They would convey meetings of all the departments concerned, draw up calendar of various activities to be undertaken in all the village panchayats with active participation from all the Government functionaries. They would also monitor and lead the campaign at the district Level to make it successful in the State.

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has appealed to all to participate in this campaign which will be taken up in the entire 189 Villages Panchayats to make Goa a clean state.